A special treat today in the shape of a very rare 1 of 13 Aston Martin DB4 series III.
Arrived in the Kent countryside bright and early on what was going to be a scorcher of a day.
After a brief chat with the owners wife and a cuppa i decided to crack on and assess the vehicle.
Befores
First job up was a citrus pre-wash to arches and lower half of vehicle,
Rinsed and then de-bugged the front end with DG bug remover and re-rinsed,
Next set upon the wheels,tyres and arches with various brushes and Bilberry wheel cleaner, once rinsed the wheels were followed up with P21s polishing soap using various brushes and cloths for which seemed an eternity.
Before
After
Followed up with cleaning all other chrome trim and exhausts in the same method and rinsed,
Washed & foamed in the usual manner using Zym@l sponges and DG901,
Only foamed up to the glass level due to the dodgy window seals on the older Astons,
Dried using DG plush drying towels and then tardis to remove some tar spot and wiped then followed up with the Zaino clay and LT,
Some of the overall defects
Masked up just in time for the cavalry to turn up
Bryan from Drive 'n' Shine my polishing partner for the day,
After a chat and a look round his new project car "e30 Baur" we started on the correction using yellow megs polishing pads and a combination of Menz 106fa, 3.02 IP and Megs 83 in places both using metabo's.
Due to the nature of the paint and some delicate areas we decided on a safe level and corrected to 90-95% leaving just the odd rds.
All polishing completed the vehicle was given an IPA wipe down,
Decided then to try the new Poorboys white lightning glaze which was pretty impressive and certainly added another dimension to the finish,
Swissvax Best of show applied,
CG new look to the tyres,
Swissvax Crystal to the glass throughout,
A final wipe over with an MF and completed.
Forgot to mention the bumpers were of being re-chromed,
Finished results
